Genus: Laportea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Rosales > Family: Urticaceae

About 50 species, mainly tropical but also extending into temperate North America and East Asia. Seven species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Laportea aestuans Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Laportea alatipes See Flora of Zimbabwe.
Laportea grossa
Laportea interrupta Recorded from Mozambique. See Flora of Mozambique.
Laportea mooreana Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Laportea ovalifolia Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Laportea peduncularis See Flora of Zimbabwe.